UNCLASSIFIED
FOI/2014/215

Dear Mr Cooper-Stout

Thank you for your email dated 5 December 2014, received by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a request to the Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) in the terms below:

I write to request details under the FOI Act of any dinner functions hosted by the Prime Minister between 1 November and 5 December 2014.

Including:
* Menus for the functions
* Cost per person for the functions
* Guest lists where possible

Timeframe for receiving your decision

We received your request on 5 December 2014 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us by 4 January 2014 (or the first business day after being 5 January 2015). The period of 30 days may be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if there is any extension of time.

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of the charge as soon as possible.

Publication of documents

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log at http://www.dpmc.gov.au/foi/ips/disclosur..., subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of any of the information which may be released to you please contact us by email at [Prime Minister request email]. If you do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to provide supporting reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

It is the Department’s policy to withhold the names and contact details of officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES) as well as the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers within the Department and other agencies contained within documents that fall within scope of the request. The names and other details of departmental or agency SES officers will not be withheld unless there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release. If you require the names and contact details of non-SES officers or the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [Prime Minister request email] so the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

We will write again when the Department has more information. Further information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at http://www.oaic.gov.au/foi-portal/about_....

FOI Adviser
Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet p. 02 6271 5849 e. [Prime Minister request email]

The Department acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to their elders both past and present.

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Dear Mr Cooper-Stout

I am writing to request an extension of time in your FOI request to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Given various staff members’ leave and the PM&C’s Christmas-New Year closure period from 25 December 2014 to 1 January 2015 inclusive, we seek your agreement pursuant to section 15AA of the FOI Act to a 30 day extension of your request, with a view to finalising your request prior to this. This would make the new due date 4 February 2015 .

We kindly request you confirm consent to the extension by way of return email.

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Cooper-Stout

Please find attached the decision and documents for release in relation to
your FOI request to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Yours sincerely

FOI Adviser

Access and Administrative Review Section | Legal Policy Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. 02 6271 5849

e. [1][Prime Minister request email]

[2]www.pmc.gov.au

PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

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